MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Republic Energy
Start: 09/04/2014

220142650006 · 09/04/2014 · Republic Energy

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Power shovel, Dragline
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 200
Mine experience: 0.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Republic Energy
Mine: 4609475

Narrative

Employee was using an excavator to clean wall of any loose material. As he pulled down on a rock, the rock fell suddenly to the ground. The sudden release of the rock jarred the operator. The employee continued to work his normal job until September 10, 2014.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown